Color gamut mapping method and color gamut mapping device

ABSTRACT

A color gamut mapping method and a color gamut mapping device is provided, the method includes: determining a mapping target color gamut; obtaining a Lab value of a color point in the original color gamut, and determining a coordinate position of the color point in a corresponding tone plane of the original color gamut; judging the color point position; determining an intersection of a horizontal line the color point located and a boundary of the original color gamut, and a boundary of the mapping target color gamut; and determining a mapping point of the color point on the boundary of the map target color gamut by a ratio of an area of a pattern formed by the intersection, and an intersection of the original color gamut and a coordinate axis, and a difference between the area of the original color gamut and the area of the mapping target color gamut.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a National Phase of International ApplicationNumber PCT/CN2017/107124, filed Oct. 20, 2017, and claims the priorityof China Application No. CN 201710863261.X. filed Sep. 21, 2017.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The disclosure relates to an image processing field, and moreparticularly to a color gamut mapping method and a color gamut mappingdevice.

BACKGROUND

With the continuous development of science and technology, multimediaequipment gradually shows a diversified trend. Different display deviceshave different color display ways, but the color gamut mapping andmatching problems between the display devices are increasinglyprominent.

As shown in FIG. 1, the HPMINDE algorithm commonly used at this stage,for the hypo-color field problem, the colors outside the color gamut areall cut to the boundary of the target color gamut, the colors within thecolor gamut is directly outputted as itis. As shown in FIG. 2, the colorwithin the color gamut is outputted as it is, to ensure the accuratepresenting of the color within the color gamut; the point outside thecolor gamut is mapped in the point direction toward the luminance axis,the color outside the region is mapped in the boundary of the colorgamut successively, the area of the color gamut and the mapping lineexit a bigger difference, and directly leads to poor mapping uniformity.

For the color gamut mapping algorithm, especially in the process oflarger color gamut mapping to the small color gamut, in commonalgorithm, for the color point located outside the small color gamut ismapping to some point along and toward the direction of the luminanceaxis, such as small area color gamut of ABHG projecting to the targetarea for AB, and a large area color gamut of EFJI projecting to thetarget area for EF, and EF is significantly shorter than AB, resultingin the problems of insufficient uniformity of the mapping, insufficientof the level of detail of the color, and so on.

SUMMARY

The technical problem solved by the invention is to provide a colorgamut mapping algorithm, to obtain the coordinates of the mapping pointsby the proportion of the area, determine the mapping direction, andimprove the uniformity and the level of detail of the color points onthe boundary.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present inventionprovides a color gamut mapping method including the steps of:

Determining a mapping target color gamut of an original color gamut inthe same color gamut space; wherein an area of the mapping target colorgamut is smaller than an area of the original color gamut:

Obtaining a Lab value of a color point in the original color gamut, anddetermining a coordinate position of the color point in a correspondingtone plane of the original color gamut according to the Lab value;

Judging whether the color point located outside a mapping target area ornot according to the coordinate position;

If the color point located outside the mapping target area, determiningan intersection of a horizontal line where the color point located and aboundary of the original color gamut, and a boundary of the mappingtarget color gamut:

Determining a mapping point of the color point on the boundary of themap target color gamut by a ratio of an area of a pattern formed by theintersection, and an intersection of the original color gamut and acoordinate axis, and a difference between the area of the original colorgamut and the area of the mapping target color gamut;

Determining a correspondence point located on the coordinate axis of thepattern formed by the intersection and the intersection of the originalcolor gamut and the coordinate axis according to the ratio, determiningan intersection of the connection between the correspondence point andthe color point and a boundary of the target mapping target color gamutas a mapping point of the color point on the boundary of the mappingtarget color gamut;

Obtaining a mapping point distribution of each line segment of theboundary of the mapping target color gamut, according to the mappingpoint on the boundary of the map target color gamut:

Adjusting a color point mapping direction outside the mapping targetarea, according to the mapping point distribution of each line segmentof the boundary of the mapping target color gamut, making a number ofthe mapping points on an unit length of the boundary of the mappingtarget color gamut the same; and

Re-converting and outputting the Lab value of the color point with theadjusted mapping direction to a RGB gray scale value.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present inventionprovides another color gamut mapping method including the steps of:

Determining a mapping target color gamut of an original color gamut inthe same color gamut space; wherein an area of the mapping target colorgamut is smaller than an area of the original color gamut:

Obtaining a Lab value of a color point in the original color gamut, anddetermining a coordinate position of the color point in a correspondingtone plane of the original color gamut according to the Lab value;

Judging whether the color point located outside a mapping target area ornot according to the coordinate position:

If the color point located outside the mapping target area, determiningan intersection of a horizontal line where the color point located and aboundary of the original color gamut, and a boundary of the mappingtarget color gamut; and

Determining a mapping point of the color point on the boundary of themap target color gamut by a ratio of an area of a pattern formed by theintersection, and an intersection of the original color gamut and acoordinate axis, and a difference between the area of the original colorgamut and the area of the mapping target color gamut.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present inventionprovides a color gamut mapping device, the color gamut mapping deviceincludes a controller and a data collector electrically connected toeach other;

The controller for determining a mapping target color gamut of anoriginal color gamut in the same color gamut space, wherein, an area ofthe mapping target color gamut is smaller than an area of the originalcolor gamut;

The data collector for obtaining a Lab value of the color point in theoriginal color gamut, and determining a coordinate position of the colorpoint in a corresponding tone plane of the original color gamutaccording to the Lab value; and

The controller further for judging whether the color point locatedoutside a mapping target area or not according to the coordinateposition; if the color point located outside the mapping target area,determining an intersection of a horizontal line where the color pointlocated and a boundary of the original color gamut, and a boundary ofthe mapping target color gamut; determining a mapping point of the colorpoint on the boundary of the map target color gamut by a ratio of anarea of a pattern formed by the intersection, and an intersection of theoriginal color gamut and a coordinate axis, and a difference between thearea of the original color gamut and the area of the mapping targetcolor gamut.

The advantages of the present invention, comparing to the conventionaltechnology, the present application by determining the mapping targetcolor gamut of the original color gamut in the same color gamut space;obtaining the Lab value of the color point in the original color gamut,and determining the coordinate position of the color point in thecorresponding tone plane of the original color gamut according to theLab value and judging the color point mapping target area according tothe coordinate position; if the color point is located outside themapping target area, determining the intersection of the horizontal linewhere the color point is located and the boundary of the original colorgamut and the boundary of the mapping target color gamut; determiningthe mapping point of the color point on the boundary of the map targetcolor gamut by the area formed by the intersection, and the intersectionof the original color gamut and the coordinate axis and the ratio of thearea between the original color gamut and the mapping target colorgamut. By the above way, the uniformity of the color points on theboundary is improved, and the color detail level is improved.

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Accompanying drawings are for providing further understanding ofembodiments of the disclosure. The drawings form a part of thedisclosure and are for illustrating the principle of the embodiments ofthe disclosure along with the literal description. Apparently, thedrawings in the description below are merely some embodiments of thedisclosure, a person skilled in the art can obtain other drawingsaccording to these drawings without creative efforts. In the FIGs:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cutting target color gamut boundaryof a color outside the color gamut by the HPMINDE algorithm of theconventional technology;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a mapping in the corresponding boundaryof a region outside the color gamut by the HPMINDE algorithm of theconventional technology;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a color gamut mapping method of anembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic calculation diagram of a chroma value of the colorpoint of an embodiment of the color gamut mapping method shown in FIG.3:

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a corresponding mapping pattern of anembodiment of the color gamut mapping method shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a corresponding mapping pattern ofanother embodiment of the color gamut mapping method shown in FIG. 3;and

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a color gamut mapping device ofan embodiment according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The disclosure will be further described in detail with reference toaccompanying drawings and preferred embodiments as follows.

Referring to FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a color gamutmapping method of an embodiment of the present invention; the colorgamut mapping method of the present embodiment includes the steps of:

301: determining a mapping target color gamut of the original colorgamut in the same color gamut space; wherein the area of the mappingtarget color gamut is smaller than the area of the original color gamut.

Alternatively, the original color gamut and the mapping target colorgamut include a computer graphics color gamut space, a CIE color gamutspace, and a TV system color gamut space, for example the original colorgamut is the sRGB color gamut, the mapping target color gamut is the Labcolor gamut, in other embodiments, it can be the other two differentcolor gamut mapping to each other, and are not limited herein.

Specifically, the original color gamut and the mapping target colorgamut confirm all the color spaces, and place the color gamut space inthe same coordinate system.

302: obtaining the Lab value of the color point in the original colorgamut, and determining the coordinate position of the color point in thecorresponding tone plane of the original color gamut according to theLab value.

Specifically, first, the RGB gray scale value of the color point in theoriginal color gamut is obtained, and the Lab value of the color pointin the original color gamut is obtained according to the RGB gray scalevalue; by using the Lab value of the color point in the original colorgamut, the color point in the original color gamut and the luminanceaxis are plotted, to obtain the chroma value and the hue of the colorpoint in the tone plane corresponding to the original color gamut;determining the coordinate position of the color point in the tone planecorresponding to the original color gamut according to the chroma valueand the hue.

In order to clearly illustrate the above process, in a specificembodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a schematic calculationdiagram of a chroma value of the color point of an embodiment of thecolor gamut mapping method shown in FIG. 3; in FIG. 4, the horizontalaxis is the chroma value, the vertical axis is the luminance. In thiscoordinate system, by using the Lab value of the color point in theoriginal color gamut, that is the luminance value L, the color value ofred/green a and the color value of yellow/blue b, using any point P (C*,L*) and the luminance axis for the plane, the original color gamutthree-dimensional space is transferred into a two-dimensional plane, bythe color value of red/green a and the color value of yellow/blue b, todetermine the hue H* and the chroma value (C*, L*) of the current Ppoint, specifically, as the following equations 1 to 3.

$\begin{matrix}{H^{*} = {\arctan\;\frac{b}{a}}} & (1) \\{C^{*} = \sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2}}} & (2) \\{L^{*} = L} & (3)\end{matrix}$

Wherein, in order to obtain the Lab value of the color point in theoriginal color gamut, after obtaining the RGB gray scale value of thecolor point in the original color gamut, the RGB gray scale value of thecolor point in the original color gamut is converted into the RGBoptical value of the color point in the original color gamut by theconversion equation; and converting the RGB optical value of the colorpoint in the original color gamut into the three stimulus value of thecolor point in the original color gamut; and finally converting thethree stimulus values of the color points in the original color gamutinto the Lab value of the color points in the original color gamut.

Preferably, the RGB gray scale value of the color point in the originalcolor gamut is converted into the optical value of the color point inthe original color gamut by Gamma2.2.

Wherein, Gamma2.2 is a special tone curve, when the Gamma value is equalto 1, the curve is a straight line and 45° with the coordinate axis,this time means that the input and output density is the same, theGamma2.2 higher than 1 will make the output brightened.

Preferably, the RGB optical values of the color points in the originalcolor gamut are converted to the three stimulus values of the colorpoints in the original color gamut by the conversion matrix.

Under normal circumstances, the RGB gray scale value cannot be directlyconverted to the Lab value, it need to be first converted to the XYZthree stimulus value and then converted to the Lab value (that is: RGBgray scale value-XYZ tristimulus values-Lab value), in an alternativelyembodiment, the RGB gray scale value is first converted to the XYZtristimulus values.

Specifically, assuming that r, g, b for the three channels of pixels,the range of values are [0,255], the conversion formula is as follows:

$\begin{matrix}\left\{ \begin{matrix}{R = {{gamma}\mspace{14mu}\left( \frac{r}{255.0} \right)}} \\{G = {{gamma}\mspace{14mu}\left( \frac{r}{255.0} \right)}} \\{B = {{gamma}\mspace{14mu}\left( \frac{r}{255.0} \right)}}\end{matrix} \right. & (4) \\{{{gamma}\mspace{14mu}(x)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}\left( \frac{x + 0.055}{1.055} \right)^{2.4} & \left( {X > 0.04045} \right) \\\frac{X}{12.92} & {others}\end{matrix} \right.} & (5) \\{\begin{bmatrix}X \\Y \\Z\end{bmatrix} = {M \times \begin{bmatrix}R \\G \\B\end{bmatrix}}} & (6)\end{matrix}$

Where the conversion matrix is as follows:

$M = \begin{bmatrix}0.4124 & 0.3576 & 0.1805 \\0.2126 & 0.7152 & 0.0722 \\0.0193 & 0.1192 & 0.9505\end{bmatrix}$

Equivalent to the following formula:X=Var_R×0.4124+Var_G×0.3576+Var_B×0.1805X=Var_R×0.2126+Var_G×0.7451+Var_B×0.0722X=Var_R×0.0193+Var_G×0.1192+Var_B×0.9505

After obtaining the stimulus value of red primary color X, the stimulusvalue of green primary color Y, and the stimulus value of blue primarycolor Z, are converting into the Lab values.

$\begin{matrix}{{L^{*} = {{116{f\left( \frac{Y}{Yn} \right)}} - 16}}{a^{*} = {500\left\lbrack {{f\left( \frac{X}{Xn} \right)} - {f\left( \frac{Y}{Yn} \right)}} \right\rbrack}}{b^{*} = {200\left\lbrack {{f\left( \frac{Y}{Yn} \right)} - {f\left( \frac{Z}{Zn} \right)}} \right\rbrack}}} & (7) \\{{f(t)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}t^{\frac{1}{3}} & {t > \left( \frac{6}{29} \right)^{3}} \\{{\frac{1}{3}\left( \frac{29}{6} \right)^{2}t} + \frac{4}{29}} & {others}\end{matrix} \right.} & (8)\end{matrix}$

Wherein X is the stimulus value of red primary color, Y is the stimulusvalue of green primary color, Z is the stimulus value of blue primarycolor, default values are adapted for Xn, Yn, Zn as 95.047, 100.0,108.883, respectively, f(t) is for the correction function, t is thecorrection parameter, L* is for the luminance value, a* is for the colorvalue of red/green, b* is for the color value of yellow/blue.

303: judging whether the color point is located outside the mappingtarget area or not according to the coordinate position.

In an alternative embodiment, the coordinate position is compared withthe boundary function of the mapping target color gamut, to judgewhether the color point is located outside the mapping target area ornot.

Specifically, after obtaining the Lab value of the color point in theoriginal color gamut, the luminance value L, the color value ofred/green a and the color value of yellow/blue b are obtained, the hue Hof the two-dimensional plane and the chroma value (C, L) of thetwo-dimensional plane is obtained according to the above formulas (1˜3),putting the resulting values of the hue and the chroma value into theboundary function of the mapping target color gamut to determine thecolor point position relationship.

304: If the color point is located outside the mapping target area,determine the intersection of the horizontal line where the color pointis located and the boundary of the original color gamut, and theboundary of the mapping target color gamut.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of acorresponding mapping pattern of an embodiment of the color gamutmapping method shown in FIG. 3; the point P in the FIG. is used as thehorizontal line h, the horizontal line h intersects the boundary of theoriginal color gamut at point N, and intersects the boundary of themapping target color gamut at point M.

Wherein, the Lab value of the color point is directly converted into anRGB gray scale value and outputted, if the color point is located in themapping target area.

305: determining the mapping point of the color point on the boundary ofthe map target color gamut by the area formed by the intersection, andthe intersection of the original color gamut and the coordinate axis andthe ratio of the area between the original color gamut and the mappingtarget color gamut.

In an alternative embodiment, the pattern formed by the intersection andthe intersection of the original color gamut and the coordinate axislocated in the correspondence point of the coordinate axis is determinedaccording to the ratio; the intersection of the connection between thecorrespondence point and the color point and the boundary of the targetmapping target color gamut is determined as the mapping point of thecolor point on the boundary of the mapping target color gamut. The ratioof the difference between the correspondence point and the verticalcoordinate distance of the mapping target color gamut and the verticalcoordinates of the mapping target color gamut is equal to the aboveratio.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, it is assumed that the difference areabetween the original color gamut and the mapping target color gamut isS, and S=SΔ(L_(x)DO)−SΔ(L_(x)TO) is obtained; having a horizontal line hpasses a color point P outside the target color gamut, the horizontalline intersects the two boundaries at M, N points, the area forms by theMN line and the boundaries of the color gamut is A, that isA=SΔ(L_(x)MN); having a line passes p line, the line intersects thevertical axis at the point L_(T), and intersects the mapping targetcolor gamut boundary at point p′, to let A/S=L_(x)L_(T)/L_(x)O, get theL_(T) coordinate value combined with the color point P coordinate valueto confirm the line segment L_(T)P function, substituting the aboveresults into the mapping target gamut boundary function results in themapping point p′.

Further, obtaining a mapping point distribution of each line segment ofthe boundary of the mapping target color gamut, according to the mappingpoint on the boundary of the map target color gamut; and adjusting thecolor point mapping direction outside the mapping target area, accordingto the mapping point distribution of each line segment of the boundaryof the mapping target color gamut, making the number of mapping pointsin the unit length of the boundary of the mapping target color gamut isthe same, under normal circumstances, it is acceptable to ensure thatthe number of mapping points in the unit length of the boundary of themapping target color gamut is within a up and down range of 10%, andthen re-converting the Lab value of the color point with the adjustedmapping direction to the RGB gray scale value and outputting.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of acorresponding mapping pattern of another embodiment of the color gamutmapping method shown in FIG. 3. The distribution of the mapping pointsof the respective color points in the original color gamut on theboundary of the mapping target color gamut is obtained by theabove-mentioned method, and the uniformity of the mapping is representedby the number of mapping points per unit length, i.e., β=area S/lengthL. If the number of mapping points of the mapping line segment is small,as the color area corresponding to the line segment AB, the originalarea ABQP is increased to the area ABJI, that is, adjusting the mappingdirection of the color point, and the connecting direction of the colorpoints within the area ABJI and the corresponding mapping point arefixed in the line segment AB; If the number of mapping points of themapping line segment is large, as the color area corresponding to theline segment EF, the original mapping corresponding line segment EF isincreased to line segment EK, that is adjusting the connecting directionof the color points within the area EFHG and the corresponding mappingpoint, so that the direction is fixed within the line segment EK, thatis, the original area EFHG is performed mapping to the line segment EKdirection. The Lab value of the color point after adjusting the mappingdirection is converted into the tristimulus value, the specific formulasare as followed 9-10, and then the tristimulus value is converted intothe RGB optical value through the conversion matrix, and finallyconverted into RGB gray scale value by Gamma2.2 Value and outputting.

$\begin{matrix}\left\{ \begin{matrix}{{f\left( \frac{Y}{Yn} \right)} = \frac{L + 16}{116}} \\{{f\left( \frac{X}{{Xn}\;} \right)} = {\frac{a}{500} + {f\left( \frac{Y}{Yn} \right)}}} \\{{f\left( \frac{Z}{Zn} \right)} = {{f\left( \frac{Y}{Yn} \right)} - \frac{b}{200}}}\end{matrix} \right. & (9) \\{t = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{f(t)}^{3} & {{f(t)} > \frac{6}{29}} \\\frac{\left( {{f(t)} - \frac{4}{29}} \right)}{\left( \frac{29}{6} \right)^{2} \times \frac{1}{3}} & {others}\end{matrix} \right.} & (10)\end{matrix}$

Wherein, Xn, Yn, Zn using the default values are 95.047, 100.0, 108.883,respectively, L is for the luminance value, a is for the color value ofred/green, b is for the color value of yellow/blue, t is for thecorrection parameters, f(t) is for the correction function.

In a specific embodiment, in inputting the sRGB color gamut space, theRGB gray scale values is converted to the Lab value by the sequentiallycalculations of the RGB gray scale value of the respective color pointsin the sRGB color gamut by the gamma2.2 function and the TM conversionmatrix and the conversion equation, the area of each color point locatedis determined by the Lab value, the mapping direction of each of thecolor points outside the mapping target area is changed by thesimulation calculations (specifically, the above-described embodiments),the Lab value of the color point after adjusting the mapping directionis re-converted to the RGB gray scale value and outputting.

Comparing to the conventional technology, in the present embodiment, bydetermining the mapping target color gamut of the original color gamutin the same color gamut space; obtaining the Lab value of the colorpoint in the original color gamut, and determining the coordinateposition of the color point in the corresponding tone plane of theoriginal color gamut according to the Lab value and judging the colorpoint mapping target area according to the coordinate position; if thecolor point is located outside the mapping target area, determining theintersection of the horizontal line where the color point is located andthe boundary of the original color gamut and the boundary of the mappingtarget color gamut; determining the mapping point of the color point onthe boundary of the map target color gamut by the area formed by theintersection, and the intersection of the original color gamut and thecoordinate axis and the ratio of the area between the original colorgamut and the mapping target color gamut. By the above way, theuniformity of the color points on the boundary is improved, and thecolor detail level is improved.

The present invention also provides a color gamut mapping device,referring to FIG. 7, FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a colorgamut mapping device of an embodiment according to the presentinvention, including a controller 701 and a data collector 702electrically connected to each other; the controller 701 is fordetermining the mapping target color gamut of the original color gamutin the same color gamut space, wherein, the area of the mapping targetcolor gamut is smaller than the area of the original color gamut; thedata collector 702 is for obtaining the Lab value of the color point inthe original color gamut, and determining the coordinate position of thecolor point in the corresponding tone plane of the original color gamutaccording to the Lab value. The controller 702 is further fordetermining whether the color point is located outside the mappingtarget area or not according to the coordinate position; if the colorpoint is located outside the mapping target area, determine theintersection of the horizontal line where the color point is located andthe boundary of the original color gamut, and the boundary of themapping target color gamut; determining the mapping point of the colorpoint on the boundary of the map target color gamut by the area formedby the intersection, and the intersection of the original color gamutand the coordinate axis and the ratio of the area between the originalcolor gamut and the mapping target color gamut.

The detail executing process can be referring to FIGS. 3 to 6 and therelated descriptions of any of the embodiments, and will not bedescribed here.

Comparing to the conventional technology, in the present embodiment, bydetermining the mapping target color gamut of the original color gamutin the same color gamut space; obtaining the Lab value of the colorpoint in the original color gamut, and determining the coordinateposition of the color point in the corresponding tone plane of theoriginal color gamut according to the Lab value and judging the colorpoint mapping target area according to the coordinate position; if thecolor point is located outside the mapping target area, determining theintersection of the horizontal line where the color point is located andthe boundary of the original color gamut and the boundary of the mappingtarget color gamut; determining the mapping point of the color point onthe boundary of the map target color gamut by the area formed by theintersection, and the intersection of the original color gamut and thecoordinate axis and the ratio of the area between the original colorgamut and the mapping target color gamut. By the above way, theuniformity of the color points on the boundary is improved, and thecolor detail level is improved.

Further, the present embodiment further simplifies the calculationprocess of the color gamut mapping process by the color gamut mappingdevice, and all the colors outside the color gamut are shift to thetarget color gamut boundary by the color gamut mapping device, and themapping directions of the respective color point is optimized, toimprove the uniformity of the color points mapping on the boundary andthe level of detail and other issues.

The foregoing contents are detailed description of the disclosure inconjunction with specific preferred embodiments and concrete embodimentsof the disclosure are not limited to these descriptions. For the personskilled in the art of the disclosure, without departing from the conceptof the disclosure, simple deductions or substitutions can be made andshould be included in the protection scope of the application.

What is claimed is:
 1. A color gamut mapping method, comprising thesteps of: determining a mapping target color gamut of an original colorgamut in the same color gamut space; wherein an area of the mappingtarget color gamut is smaller than an area of the original color gamut;obtaining a Lab value of a color point in the original color gamut, anddetermining a coordinate position of the color point in a correspondingtone plane of the original color gamut according to the Lab value of thecolor point; judging whether the color point located outside a mappingtarget area or not according to the coordinate position; if the colorpoint located outside the mapping target area, determining anintersection of a horizontal line where the color point located, aboundary of the original color gamut, and a boundary of the mappingtarget color gamut; determining a mapping point of the color point onthe boundary of the mapping target color gamut by a ratio of an area ofa pattern formed by the intersection of the horizontal line where thecolor point located, the boundary of the original color gamut, and theboundary of the mapping target color gamut, and an intersection of theoriginal color gamut and a coordinate axis, and a difference between thearea of the original color gamut and the area of the mapping targetcolor gamut; determining a correspondence point located on thecoordinate axis of the pattern formed by the intersection of thehorizontal line where the color point located, the boundary of theoriginal color gamut, and the boundary of the mapping target color gamutand the intersection of the original color gamut and the coordinate axisaccording to the ratio, determining an intersection of a connectionbetween the correspondence point and the color point and the boundary ofthe mapping target color gamut as the mapping point of the color pointon the boundary of the mapping target color gamut; obtaining a mappingpoint distribution of each line segment of the boundary of the mappingtarget color gamut, according to mapping points on the boundary of themapping target color gamut; adjusting a color point mapping directionoutside the mapping target area, according to the mapping pointdistribution of each line segment of the boundary of the mapping targetcolor gamut, making a number of the mapping points in each unit lengthof the boundary of the mapping target color gamut the same; andre-converting and outputting the Lab value of the color point with theadjusted mapping direction to a RGB gray scale value.
 2. The color gamutmapping method according to claim 1, wherein a ratio of a differencebetween the correspondence point and a vertical coordinate distance ofthe mapping target color gamut, and the vertical coordinates of themapping target color gamut is equal to the ratio.
 3. The color gamutmapping method according to claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining theLab value of the color point in the original color gamut, anddetermining the coordinate position of the color point in thecorresponding tone plane of the original color gamut according to theLab value of the color point specifically comprises: obtaining a RGBgray scale value of the color point in the original color gamut,obtaining the Lab value of the color point in the original color gamutaccording to the RGB gray scale value; by using the Lab value of thecolor point in the original color gamut, plotting a plane by the colorpoint in the original color gamut and a luminance axis, obtaining achroma value and a hue of the color point in the tone planecorresponding to the original color gamut; and determining thecoordinate position of the color point in the tone plane correspondingto the original color gamut according to the chroma value and the hue.4. The color gamut mapping method according to claim 3, wherein the stepof obtaining the RGB gray scale value of the color point in the originalcolor gamut, obtaining the Lab value of the color point in the originalcolor gamut according to the RGB gray scale value specificallycomprises: obtaining the RGB gray scale value of the color point in theoriginal color gamut, converting the RGB gray scale value of the colorpoint in the original color gamut into an RGB optical value of the colorpoint in the original color gamut; converting the RGB optical value ofthe color point in the original color gamut into a tristimulus value ofthe color point in the original color gamut; and converting the threestimulus values of the color points in the original color gamut into theLab values of the color points in the original color gamut.
 5. The colorgamut mapping method according to claim 4, wherein the RGB optical valueof the color point in the original color gamut is converted into thetristimulus value of the color point within the original color gamut bya conversion matrix.
 6. The color gamut mapping method according toclaim 1, wherein the step of judging whether the color point locatedoutside the mapping target area or not according to the coordinateposition specifically comprises: comparing the coordinate position witha boundary function of the mapping target color gamut to determinewhether the color point is located outside the mapping target area ornot.
 7. A color gamut mapping method, comprising the steps of:determining a mapping target color gamut of an original color gamut inthe same color gamut space; wherein an area of the mapping target colorgamut is smaller than an area of the original color gamut; obtaining aLab value of a color point in the original color gamut, and determininga coordinate position of the color point in a corresponding tone planeof the original color gamut according to the Lab value of the colorpoint; judging whether the color point located outside a mapping targetarea or not according to the coordinate position; if the color pointlocated outside the mapping target area, determining an intersection ofa horizontal line where the color point located, a boundary of theoriginal color gamut, and a boundary of the mapping target color gamut;and determining a mapping point of the color point on the boundary ofthe mapping target color gamut by a ratio of an area of a pattern formedby the intersection of the horizontal line where the color pointlocated, the boundary of the original color gamut, and the boundary ofthe mapping target color gamut, and an intersection of the originalcolor gamut and a coordinate axis, and a difference between the area ofthe original color gamut and the area of the mapping target color gamut.8. The color gamut mapping method according to claim 7, wherein the stepof determining the mapping point of the color point on the boundary ofthe mapping target color gamut by the ratio of the area of the patternformed by the intersection of the horizontal line where the color pointlocated, the boundary of the original color gamut, and the boundary ofthe mapping target color gamut, and the intersection of the originalcolor gamut and the coordinate axis, and the difference between the areaof the original color gamut and the area of the mapping target colorgamut specifically comprises: determining a correspondence point locatedon the coordinate axis of the pattern formed by the intersection of thehorizontal line where the color point located, the boundary of theoriginal color gamut, and the boundary of the mapping target color gamutand the intersection of the original color gamut and the coordinate axisaccording to the ratio; and determining an intersection of theconnection between the correspondence point and the color point and aboundary of the target mapping target color gamut as a mapping point ofthe color point on the boundary of the mapping target color gamut. 9.The color gamut mapping method according to claim 8, wherein a ratio ofa difference between the correspondence point and a vertical coordinatedistance of the mapping target color gamut, and the vertical coordinatesof the mapping target color gamut is equal to the ratio.
 10. The colorgamut mapping method according to claim 7, wherein the step of obtainingthe Lab value of the color point in the original color gamut, anddetermining the coordinate position of the color point in thecorresponding tone plane of the original color gamut according to theLab value of the color point specifically comprises: obtaining a RGBgray scale value of the color point in the original color gamut,obtaining the Lab value of the color point in the original color gamutaccording to the RGB gray scale value; by using the Lab value of thecolor point in the original color gamut, plotting a plane by the colorpoint in the original color gamut and a luminance axis, obtaining achroma value and a hue of the color point in the tone planecorresponding to the original color gamut; and determining thecoordinate position of the color point in the tone plane correspondingto the original color gamut according to the chroma value and the hue.11. The color gamut mapping method according to claim 10, wherein thestep of obtaining the RGB gray scale value of the color point in theoriginal color gamut, obtaining the Lab value of the color point in theoriginal color gamut according to the RGB gray scale value specificallycomprises: obtaining the RGB gray scale value of the color point in theoriginal color gamut, converting the RGB gray scale value of the colorpoint in the original color gamut into an RGB optical value of the colorpoint in the original color gamut; converting the RGB optical value ofthe color point in the original color gamut into a tristimulus value ofthe color point in the original color gamut; and converting the threestimulus values of the color points in the original color gamut into theLab values of the color points in the original color gamut.
 12. Thecolor gamut mapping method according to claim 11, wherein the RGBoptical value of the color point in the original color gamut isconverted into the tristimulus value of the color point within theoriginal color gamut by a conversion matrix.
 13. The color gamut mappingmethod according to claim 7, wherein the step of judging whether thecolor point located outside the mapping target area or not according tothe coordinate position specifically comprises: comparing the coordinateposition with a boundary function of the mapping target color gamut todetermine whether the color point is located outside the mapping targetarea or not.
 14. The color gamut mapping method according to claim 7,wherein after the step of determining the mapping point of the colorpoint on the boundary of the mapping target color gamut by the ratio ofthe area of the pattern formed by the intersection of the horizontalline where the color point located, the boundary of the original colorgamut, and the boundary of the mapping target color gamut, and theintersection of the original color gamut and the coordinate axis, andthe difference between the area of the original color gamut and the areaof the mapping target color gamut further comprises: obtaining a mappingpoint distribution of each line segment of the boundary of the mappingtarget color gamut, according to mapping points on the boundary of themapping target color gamut; adjusting a color point mapping directionoutside the mapping target area, according to the mapping pointdistribution of each line segment of the boundary of the mapping targetcolor gamut, making a number of the mapping points in each unit lengthof the boundary of the mapping target color gamut the same; andre-converting and outputting the Lab value of the color point with theadjusted mapping direction to a RGB gray scale value.
 15. The colorgamut mapping method according to claim 7, wherein the step of if thecolor point located outside the mapping target area, determining anintersection of a horizontal line where the color point located and aboundary of the original color gamut, and a boundary of the mappingtarget color gamut further comprises: directly converting and outputtingthe Lab value of the color point into the RGB gray scale value, if thecolor point is located within the mapping target area.
 16. A color gamutmapping device, comprising: a controller and a data collectorelectrically connected to each other; the controller for determining amapping target color gamut of an original color gamut in the same colorgamut space, wherein, an area of the mapping target color gamut issmaller than an area of the original color gamut; the data collector forobtaining a Lab value of the color point in the original color gamut,and determining a coordinate position of the color point in acorresponding tone plane of the original color gamut according to theLab value of the color point; and the controller further for judgingwhether the color point located outside a mapping target area or notaccording to the coordinate position; if the color point located outsidethe mapping target area, determining an intersection of a horizontalline where the color point located, a boundary of the original colorgamut, and a boundary of the mapping target color gamut; determining amapping point of the color point on the boundary of the mapping targetcolor gamut by a ratio of an area of a pattern formed by theintersection of the horizontal line where the color point located, theboundary of the original color gamut, and the boundary of the mappingtarget color gamut, and an intersection of the original color gamut anda coordinate axis, and a difference between the area of the originalcolor gamut and the area of the mapping target color gamut.
 17. Thecolor gamut mapping device according to claim 16, wherein the controlleris specifically for determining a correspondence point located on thecoordinate axis of the pattern formed by the intersection of thehorizontal line where the color point located, the boundary of theoriginal color gamut, and the boundary of the mapping target color gamutand the intersection of the original color gamut and the coordinate axisaccording to the ratio; and determining an intersection of theconnection between the correspondence point and the color point and aboundary of the target mapping target color gamut as a mapping point ofthe color point on the boundary of the mapping target color gamut. 18.The color gamut mapping device according to claim 16, wherein the datacollector is specifically for obtaining a RGB gray scale value of thecolor point in the original color gamut, obtaining the Lab value of thecolor point in the original color gamut according to the RGB gray scalevalue; by using the Lab value of the color point in the original colorgamut, plotting a plane by the color point in the original color gamutand a luminance axis, obtaining a chroma value and a hue of the colorpoint in the tone plane corresponding to the original color gamut; anddetermining the coordinate position of the color point in the tone planecorresponding to the original color gamut according to the chroma valueand the hue.
 19. The color gamut mapping device according to claim 18,wherein the data collector is specifically for obtaining the RGB grayscale value of the color point in the original color gamut, convertingthe RGB gray scale value of the color point in the original color gamutinto an RGB optical value of the color point in the original colorgamut; converting the RGB optical value of the color point in theoriginal color gamut into a tristimulus value of the color point in theoriginal color gamut; and converting the three stimulus values of thecolor points in the original color gamut into the Lab values of thecolor points in the original color gamut.
 20. The color gamut mappingdevice according to claim 16, wherein the controller is specifically forobtaining a mapping point distribution of each line segment of theboundary of the mapping target color gamut, according to mapping pointson the boundary of the mapping target color gamut; adjusting a colorpoint mapping direction outside the mapping target area, according tothe mapping point distribution of each line segment of the boundary ofthe mapping target color gamut, making a number of the mapping points onan in each unit length of the boundary of the mapping target color gamutthe same; and re-converting and outputting the Lab value of the colorpoint with the adjusted mapping direction to a RGB gray scale value.